Roane sheriff, wife unscathed by bombings

Jack and Tara Stockton are “trying to enjoy the rest of their time off” from work.

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By Beverly Majors/Staff

Oakridger - Oak Ridge, TN

By Beverly Majors/Staff

Posted Apr. 18, 2013 at 8:55 PM
Updated Apr 18, 2013 at 8:56 PM

By Beverly Majors/Staff

Posted Apr. 18, 2013 at 8:55 PM
Updated Apr 18, 2013 at 8:56 PM

Jack and Tara Stockton are “trying to enjoy the rest of their time off” from work.

Their “good time at Boston” took a bad turn on Tuesday when two bombs went off in Boston, interrupted the Boston Marathon, killed three people and injured nearly 200.

Tara Stockton was running the marathon while Jack was waiting on her near the finish line.

“I was a half block from the explosion and saw the smoke and felt the ground rumble,” said Jack Stockton, Roane County sheriff.

“My wife was rerouted. She was on the route when the bomb went off," he said.

“I heard the first blast, then the second blast about maybe 10 seconds later. The first one shook the ground more than the second.

“It was an eerie feeling until we got together about an hour, an hour and a half later,” Stockton said referring to the problems with phone service in Boston after the bomb blasts. “We couldn’t call each other. It was an eerie feeling.

“I’m glad we’re both safe and the Lord protected us during that time.”